gakuũ

adj. · class 12 (ka- diminutive)

1. dead (diminutive). Dead; used with diminutive ka- prefix to refer to a dead child or small being

Example: akiuga, Eherai: nĩ ũndũ kairĩtu ti gakuũ, no toro karĩ. Nao makĩmũthekerera. (MAT 9:24) — he said, “Go away! The girl is not dead but sleeping.” Sleeping : sleep is a biblical metaphor for death (see Ps 87:6 LXX; Dn 12:2; 1 Thes 5:10). Jesus’ statement is not a denial of the child’s real d